David McNeil, Associate Professor, Dalhousie (1984-2018)

"MacNeil" Surname and R-L165 (S68) Y-DNA: R1b1a2a1a1b5b. mtDNA: H Projects: kit no. 206620"Ultimately the life of a man is of no greater importance to the universe than the life of an oyster."Hume, from Essays ... (1783 ed.)

... the will, existence itself, is a constant suffering, and is partly woeful, partly fearful. The same thing, on the other hand, as representation alone, purely contemplated, or repeated through art, free from pain, presents us with a significant spectacle.The World as Will and Representation I.52